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Designed to activate students' full potential to become college and career ready, Ready is a proven-effective instruction and practice program that has the rigor required to raise student achievement in Reading/ELA, Writing, and Mathematics.

Students learn to plan and gather information prior to writing. Grade-appropriate overviews are in each level. Checklists remind students of elements of good writing pieces in the proofreading and "Tricks of the Trade" sections.

These books offer detailed and easy approaches to writing. My students have grown in their writing through the use of these handbooks. They allow students to add more details in their writing and choose words that are more colorful.